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American College of Radiology supports collaborative, patient-centered approaches to reduce diagnostic errors

As a sponsor of the Sept. 22 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, the American College of Radiology (ACR) congratulates the Committee on its thorough analysis of the complex process of diagnosis and its recommendations for improvement.

23 Sep 2015

Older pneumonia patients can benefit from ICU admission

When an older person gets hospitalized for pneumonia, where's the best place to care for them? New research findings about deaths and health care costs in such patients fly in the face of conventional wisdom - and could change where doctors decide to treat them.

23 Sep 2015

New Medicare payment model reduces use of low-value services

In the first large-scale study to assess the effects of the Affordable Care Act's reforms to physician and hospital payments on the use of wasteful health care services, researchers have found that a new Medicare payment model reduced the number of times patients received services providing little or no health benefit.

22 Sep 2015

Health care disparities continue to persist in Washington state

The Washington Health Alliance released today a new report revealing disparities in how health care is delivered across race, ethnicity and language. Findings reveal that disparities in care are a continuing problem in Washington state. The report, the third of its kind that the Alliance has released, relies upon Medicaid data covering more than 680,000 enrollees.

17 Sep 2015

NCOA and award-winning actress Judith Light support national educational initiative, Flu + You

Two-time Emmy and Tony award-winning actress Judith Light and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) are teaming up for the second year on the national educational initiative Flu + You to educate older adults and those who care for them about the seriousness of influenza ("the flu"), the importance of prevention and available vaccine options.

16 Sep 2015

Availity announces data management solution for health plans

Availity, the nation's largest real-time health information network, announced a solution for health plans that need a provider data management solution inside the healthcare provider's workflow.

15 Sep 2015

Using integrated molecular pathology to manage incidental pancreatic cysts: an interview with Dr Ananya Das

Pancreatic cystic neoplasms, or PCNs, are a subset of all pancreatic cysts that are found on the pancreas. PCNs are neoplastic cysts that span a biological spectrum from benign to malignant.

15 Sep 2015

AgeneBio's HOPE4MCI Phase 3 trial receives support from NIH

AgeneBio, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for unserved patients battling neurodegeneration, announced today that its HOPE4MCI Phase 3 clinical trial has received support from the National Institutes of Health.

15 Sep 2015

Honored Citizens Choice Health Plan to be renamed as Alignment Health Plan

Honored Citizens Choice Health Plan, a federally qualified Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug plan serving nearly 20,000 seniors in California, will change its name to Alignment Health Plan as of October 1, 2015.

15 Sep 2015

HealthSouth to offer $300M aggregate principal amount of senior notes through private placement

HealthSouth Corporation today announced it intends to offer through a private placement, subject to market and other conditions, $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2025.

11 Sep 2015

Study shows half of adolescents misuse their prescription drugs

Although prescription drug misuse is on the decline among adolescents, one in two patients tested between the ages of 10 and 17 years are not using their medications appropriately, potentially putting their health at risk, according to an analysis by Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services.

From Quest Diagnostics 11 Sep 2015

Healthy adults who receive flu vaccination may also help protect older adults at higher risk for flu-related complications

Healthy adults who get the flu vaccine may help protect not only themselves but also older adults in their community at higher risk for serious complications from influenza, suggest findings from a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Based on a national sample of more than 3 million people across eight flu seasons, researchers observed that seniors were up to 21 percent less likely to be diagnosed with flu-related illness if they lived in areas where more adults under 65 were immunized.

10 Sep 2015

Women bear six times the cost of AD care compared to men

Women are not only at greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) when compared to men; per capita, they also bear six times the cost of AD care that men do, reports a study published today in the journal Women's Health Issues.

10 Sep 2015

CenseoHealth partners with Health Insurance Marketplace to provide health assessment solutions

CenseoHealth an industry leader of physician-performed health assessment solutions for Medicare Advantage plans, has partnered with Health Insurance Marketplace (HIX) and Commercial plans in 2015 to provide their members health assessments at their home, workplace, primary care physician's office or retail clinic.

4 Sep 2015

TMIGD1 protein could be a novel target for restoring kidney function from kidney disease

A new discovery by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers may change how kidney disease is treated in the future.

3 Sep 2015

Available cognitive information has no impact on patient's cognitive decline

Does knowing whether older adults are cognitively impaired affect the treatment they receive from their primary care physician? Does it impact the rate of the patient's cognitive decline?

2 Sep 2015

Costs for spinal fusion vary substantially by region, shows new research

Costs for spinal fusion vary substantially by region, with costs being lowest in the Midwest and highest in the Northeast, according to the new research by Dr. W. Ryan Spiker and colleagues of University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

2 Sep 2015

Availity earns CAQH CORE Clearinghouse Product Phase III Certification Seal

Availity, the nation's largest real-time health information network, announced that it earned a CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE®) Clearinghouse Product Phase III Certification Seal.

2 Sep 2015

EHR documentation tools should be redesigned to meet physicians’ needs

When physicians prepare for patient visits, one of their first steps is to review clinic notes or health records that recap their patients' medical history. Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, approximately 78 percent of office-based physicians have adopted electronic health records (EHR).

1 Sep 2015

Two new pilot programs launched to reduce hospital readmissions, ease overcrowding in ERs and lower healthcare costs

The UCLA Center for Prehospital Care and collaborators from the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency and the Glendale and Santa Monica fire departments are launching two pilot programs designed to reduce hospital readmissions, address overcrowding in emergency rooms, lower healthcare costs and boost patient satisfaction and quality of life.

1 Sep 2015

Medicare News and Research

American College of Radiology supports collaborative, patient-centered approaches to reduce diagnostic errors

Older pneumonia patients can benefit from ICU admission

New Medicare payment model reduces use of low-value services

Health care disparities continue to persist in Washington state

NCOA and award-winning actress Judith Light support national educational initiative, Flu + You

Availity announces data management solution for health plans

Using integrated molecular pathology to manage incidental pancreatic cysts: an interview with Dr Ananya Das

AgeneBio's HOPE4MCI Phase 3 trial receives support from NIH

Honored Citizens Choice Health Plan to be renamed as Alignment Health Plan

HealthSouth to offer $300M aggregate principal amount of senior notes through private placement

Study shows half of adolescents misuse their prescription drugs

Healthy adults who receive flu vaccination may also help protect older adults at higher risk for flu-related complications

Women bear six times the cost of AD care compared to men

CenseoHealth partners with Health Insurance Marketplace to provide health assessment solutions

TMIGD1 protein could be a novel target for restoring kidney function from kidney disease

Available cognitive information has no impact on patient's cognitive decline

Costs for spinal fusion vary substantially by region, shows new research

Availity earns CAQH CORE Clearinghouse Product Phase III Certification Seal

EHR documentation tools should be redesigned to meet physicians’ needs

Two new pilot programs launched to reduce hospital readmissions, ease overcrowding in ERs and lower healthcare costs

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